Rory: What is lavender? Is that a plant that's got a particular taste, as far as I know?
Maria: An educated native speaker. Lavender, a plant that has grey-green leaves, and it's like when it blooms, it's beautiful because of these purple flowers. And it has this nice smell. Delicious. And we can say that I enjoy lavender chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vanilla chocolate, for example, rose chocolate. They put some, you know, like petals of roses in the chocolate. Coconut chocolate. Peanut, also like different kinds of nuts. Peanut chocolate, for example, or hazelnut chocolate. Here, just a good idea is for you to remember two words, very specific words, dear listener. For example, I love lavender chocolate and hazelnut chocolate. Beautiful. Okay, so just remember two specific words for types or like flavours of chocolate. Yeah, then you can also say like, ooh, I enjoy Swiss chocolate from Switzerland.
Rory: Why is Swiss chocolate so good? Or so famous even, I should say.
Maria: Because Swiss chocolate is known for its smooth texture and creamy flavour.
Rory: Ooh, fancy.
Maria: Yeah. And this chocolate, in Switzerland, they make it with a higher percentage of milk than other types of chocolate. So they put more milk and that's why it's creamy. It's, you know, smooth. Ooh. And it's less sweet than other types of chocolate, Swiss chocolate. And you can say that I like Swiss chocolate because it has a delicate and velvety texture, dear listener. Okay, so now you're a chocolate connoisseur. You're like an expert on chocolate. Even if you hate chocolate, dear listener, just use the words.
Rory: If we ever decide to stop doing this, Maria's got a career ahead of her in chocolate connoisseuring or chocolatiering.
Maria: Yeah, you can also say that I like truffles, like chocolate balls, and I like chocolate fondue. Rory, do you say fondue?
Rory: I say fondue, but some people will say fondue and I think that will be fine too. Because as far as I'm aware, that's a French word. So the French pronunciation will also work here.
Maria: Fondue. A cheese fondue or a chocolate fondue. When we have hot chocolate and you put different, I don't know, fruits and stuff in there. Belgian chocolate, Swiss chocolate. Yeah, Belgian waffles, you know. Yum, yum, yum with chocolate.
Rory: And you can have them by themselves or in combination. So that just means together. Like mint and chocolate together.
Maria: You can give chocolate to different people as a gift. So don't say present people with chocolate. No, no, no. Give chocolate as gifts to others or just give chocolate for people's birthdays. And if a person is diabetic, so he's a diabetic. A person who has diabetes. So a disease in which the body can't control the level of sugar. We have sugar-free chocolates or sugar-free chocolate. Well, we have chocolate without sugar. We have dark chocolate, for example. Yeah, it's complicated, you know. Vegan chocolate, soy-free chocolate. I don't know. Do they have chocolate in this chocolate? You can say that if I'm in a rush and I need to give a present, I might pick chocolate, but I don't usually give any chocolates to people. Or I might give handmade chocolate, Swiss chocolate, or a box of expensive truffles. Truffles are these like chocolate balls. Chocolate balls.